Passover Archives - Our Rabbi Jesus https://ourrabbijesus.com/tag/passover/ His Jewish Life and Teaching Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:31:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 31550207 Yet Another Thing I Learned from Passover https://ourrabbijesus.com/yet-another-thing-i-learned-from-passover/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/yet-another-thing-i-learned-from-passover/#respond Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:40:58 +0000 https://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=14341 Last week I went to a Passover dinner at a Baptist church in western Michigan. They opened this potluck to all the families who wanted to join them, and over 130 people attended. They asked everyone to bring a dish that was without leaven and somewhat kosher – no pork and no mixing of milk […]

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]]> https://ourrabbijesus.com/yet-another-thing-i-learned-from-passover/feed/ 0 14341 Get Ready for Passover by Making Some Mudbricks https://ourrabbijesus.com/make-your-own-mudbricks/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/make-your-own-mudbricks/#comments Mon, 24 Feb 2014 19:32:48 +0000 http://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=3907 Next week we’ll be beginning Lent, which looks forward to the Passover/Resurrection Day. Passover, of course, is the celebration of God’s redemption of Israel from slavery in Egypt. I think I’ve found the perfect activity for the season–making mudbricks like the ancient Israelites did in Egypt! Today Biblical Archaeology Review gave instructions on how to […]

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]]> https://ourrabbijesus.com/make-your-own-mudbricks/feed/ 2 3907 A Modern Day Passover Sacrifice https://ourrabbijesus.com/a-modern-day-passover-sacrifice/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/a-modern-day-passover-sacrifice/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:31:33 +0000 http://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=2890 We talk about Jesus as the true lamb of Passover, but moderners have a hard time imagining what that means. We have no mental imagery of what a Temple sacrifice ceremony was like. We know that the disciples joined crowds of other worshipers in the Temple to sacrifice a lamb, which they roasted and ate […]

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]]> https://ourrabbijesus.com/a-modern-day-passover-sacrifice/feed/ 1 2890 The Dust Bowl and the Plagues https://ourrabbijesus.com/plague-of-darkness/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/plague-of-darkness/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:51:34 +0000 http://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=2483 Have you ever wondered what it was like during the plagues? It seems beyond imagining to endure multiple waves of destruction, as the Egyptians did. Hail wipes out your crops. Disease destroys all your cattle. And on and on, ten times. This came to mind several times as I watched a new PBS documentary by […]

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]]> https://ourrabbijesus.com/plague-of-darkness/feed/ 3 2483 The Night of Watching https://ourrabbijesus.com/the-night-of-watching/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/the-night-of-watching/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:37:56 +0000 http://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=1787 The “Night of Watching” (Leil Shimurim – ley-EEL shi-mur-EEM) is the name of the night after the Passover feast, when God redeemed Israel by slaying the firstborn sons of Egypt (Exodus 12:42). In Jewish tradition, it is said that “just as God redeemed his people on this night, so he will one day redeem them […]

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